| Šahy | |
| Other Name: | Ipolyság |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Levice District |
| Pushpin Map: | Slovakia Nitra Region#Slovakia |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Šahy in the Nitra Region##Location of Šahy in Slovakia |
| Coordinates: | 48.07°N 18.95°W |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Pál Zachar |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1237 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 42.75 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
| Elevation M: | 135 |
| Population Footnotes: | [3] |
| Population Total: | 6992 |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 936 01 |
| Area Code: | +421 36 |
| Blank Name: | Car plate |
| Blank Info: | LV |
Šahy (Hungarian: Ipolyság, rarely German: Eipelschlag) is a town in southern Slovakia, The town has an ethnic Hungarian majority and its population is 7,238 people (2018), with an average age of 42.5.
It is located at the eastern reaches of the Danubian Lowland on the river Ipeľ at the Hungarian border, on the E77 road from Budapest to Kraków. Besides the main settlement, it also has two "boroughs" of Preseľany nad Ipľom (4km (02miles) west of centre, annexed 1980) and Tešmák (3km (02miles) east of centre, annexed 1986). From 1980 to 1996 it also had now independent village of Hrkovce.
The first written mention is from 1237 in a document of King Béla IV under name Saag, when Martin Hont-Pázmány founded a Premonstratensian monastery there.[4] It got character of a small town in the 14th century. It was part of Ottoman Empire between 1541–1595 and 1605–1685 and was known as "Şefradi". It was also sanjak centre in Uyvar eyalet between 1663 and 1685. Before break-up of Austria-Hungary in 1918/1920 and incorporation into Czechoslovakia, it was part of the Hont County, and was from 1806 its capital. It was part of Hungary from 1938 to 1945 as a result of the First Vienna Award.
According to the 2014 census, the town had 7,516 inhabitants. In 2001 62.21% of the inhabitants were Hungarians, 34.57% Slovaks, 0.56% Czech and 0.41 Roma.[5] The religious makeup was 84.06% Roman Catholics, 6.87% people with no religious affiliation, and 3.46% Lutherans.[5]
The town is home to the Hont Museum and Gallery of Ľudovít Simony.[6]
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Slovakia. Šahy is twinned with:[7]
Héhalom, Hungary Vác, Hungary Veresegyház, Hungary